Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 4 Dec. 1819 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
1 folded sheet. The outer edge of the back leaf has been cut off.
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Custom House, (Yarmouth).—Accepts the offer of a plate for his forthcoming work (The Picture of Yarmouth).
(Dated Saturday. Full date supplied by Turner.)
—————
Transcript
Mr John Preston’s Compliments to Mr Turner, and will most gladly avail himself of his obliging offer of a Plate, which would doubtless stamp an additional Value on his Work {1} especially to such few friends as he is desirous of affording this extra Plate to, and therefore feels particularly favored by his very friendly and polite Offer.
Custom ho.
Saturdy Morng
[Superscription:] D Turner Esqr | Banker | Yarm’ {2}
—————
Dawson Turner has added after the date at the foot, ‘—4 Decr 1819.’
{1} Preston’s The Picture of Yarmouth, published this year.
{2} The mark or letter after ‘m’ is indistinct.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
Genre access points
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
This description was created by A. C. Green in 2022.